Jeremy Clarkson issued a brutal response to a fan who hit out that Brexit was to blame for struggling British farms – as his following begged for him to be made agricultural minister.
The former Top Gear star hit out that the follower should question their ‘grasp on reality’ during a heated exchange on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Jeremy, 65, responded to the comments left by his fans under a video he filmed for farming campaign group No Farmers, No Food, which advocated for fair pay, sustainable practice and government policies to keep the industry stable.
Speaking in a video filmed on his phone, the TV presenter said: ‘I’m Jeremy Clarkson, and in the next Parliament I’d like to see the Government prioritising farming.
‘We’ve been asked to diversify and when we try to do that, the local authorities tell us we can’t and that needs addressing.’
One X user replied under the video: ‘Please join Reform. You could be their advisor/intermediate between Farmers on Farming and what they need.’
Jeremy Clarkson issued a brutal response to a fan who hit out that Brexit was to blame for struggling British farms – as his following begged for him to be made agricultural minister
The former Top Gear star, who owns a farm, hit out that the follower should question their ‘grasp on reality’ during a heated exchange on X, formerly known as Twitter
A second disagreed: ‘The former Brexit party is the reason why most farms are struggling. They lost subsidies from the EU and its now cheaper for most shops to buy from the EU then domestically.’
To which Jeremy hit back: ‘Oh dear. You don’t seem to have grasp of reality.’
The heated exchange fired the debate between X users about farming in Britain, with some even calling for Jeremy to be agricultural minister.
One wrote: ‘Farmers are the most important people. Without them we starve,’ as another chimed in: ‘Always buy as local to you as you can.’
‘Stand for council,’ someone else encouraged, as another fan wrote: ‘Jeremy Clarkson for agricultural minister.’
‘Double edged sword. They tell you to diversify, but tie your hands so you can’t,’ a fourth person penned, while a fifth wrote: ‘What I don’t understand is….why is it okay for one set of people, to tell another set of people, what they can and cannot grow or build on own land?’
The No Farmers, No Food account is a farming advocacy campaign that was founded by media commentator James Melville, who grew up on a family farm in Scotland.
The account is run by 20 farmers across the UK, and features videos and quotes from famous faces talking about farming, including Jeremy, David Beckham and Saturday Kitchen’s James Martin.
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Jeremy, 65, responded to the comments left by his fans under a video he filmed for farming campaign group No Farmers, No Food
Clarkson recently distanced himself from the group, despite being a prominent supporter of British farmers and often sharing his thoughts online.
He wrote on his social media profile in 2025 he has ‘nothing to do with the account’ after he was associated with an incorrect quote shared by the page.
Nonetheless, Jeremy has remained vocal about his thoughts on British farming on his own social media, telling fans that the pub he runs ‘backs British farming all the way’.
Earlier this month, the former Top Gear host won a 13-month planning saga to improve car parking at his Cotswolds pub, but he faces another showdown for its overflow area.
He was given permission by West Oxfordshire District Council for a permanent 170-space car park and the ‘formalising’ of staff parking at the Farmer’s Dog in Asthall.
The pub has been a huge hit with fans of his Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm, but it’s not been quite as popular with locals who are fed up with the huge increase in cars on the road.
Despite the latest planning victory, there is still a row rumbling over Mr Clarkson leasing a nearby 34-acre field, which he is using as an overflow car park.
As soon as Mr Clarkson acquired the pub lease, he knew he needed to increase its parking capacity because of what happened previously when he opened his hugely popular Diddly Squat Farm Shop near Chadlington.
The heated exchange fired the debate between X users about farming in Britain, with some even calling for Jeremy to be agricultural minister
The former Top Gear host won a 13-month planning saga to improve car parking at his Cotswolds pub, but he faces another showdown for its overflow area
The overflow car park is now covered in strengthened aluminium sheets to protect a neighbouring 1,400-year-old burial mound, which contains the remains of an Anglo-Saxon warlord.
A geophysical survey beneath the ground was triggered last summer when Mr Clarkson applied for retrospective planning permission to use the field as a temporary overflow car park, despite him using it for that exact purpose for the past year already.
Locals have complained about the application, saying Clarkson only wants planning for 360 cars, although they say they have spotted 1,000 parked there at a time in the past year.
Asthall Parish Council remarked in its last planning meeting in December that it met with locals and sent their concerns to West Oxfordshire District Council.
Minutes stated that the concerns ‘included support for a heritage input concerning the surfacing of the car park, police input, the actual number of parking spaces needed and the fact that it is for temporary use’.
The parish council said it was ‘consulted on speed limits in the area but there was insufficient information on numbers to comment with certainty – despite a request for data none was forthcoming’.
The signage is a problem for the parish council, which stated that ‘there are a plethora of redundant signs in the area which need to be removed’.
The retrospective planning application is yet to be decided, with the West Oxfordshire District Council website stating the application expiry date was on December 23.
He was given permission by West Oxfordshire District Council for a permanent 170-space car park and the ‘formalising’ of staff parking at the Farmer’s Dog in Asthall
The closure of the overflow car park would be disastrous for the pub, which depends almost entirely on driving punters.
However, Mr Clarkson has been given the green light regarding the 170-space car park and staff parking, but it comes with strict conditions.
Due to the chaos the pub has caused on the roads, Mr Clarkson’s planning team must submit a Transport Management Method Statement.
The statement should detail vehicle access, parking strategy, ‘measures that will be put in place to ensure safe and efficient operation’ and ‘proposed use of signage’ due to the ‘potential high level of traffic generation and parking demand at peak periods’.
Mr Clarkson’s successful application received no objections from Oxfordshire County Council’s archaeological services who were content that it wasn’t going to disturb the burial mound, stating: ‘The site is in an area of archaeological interest, however, the proposals will not result in any new below ground disturbance, and therefore, there are no archaeological constraints to this scheme.’
The TV presenter spent £1m to take charge of The Farmer’s Dog, which is close to his base in the hugely popular Clarkson’s Farm TV show and has spoken of how expensive the project has been.
The Farmer’s Dog is preparing for a predicted boost in customers, which will come with the release of the new series of Amazon Prime’s Clarkson’s Farm in the Spring.
The series is understood to heavily feature the opening of the pub.